MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian suspect in the death of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko said on Tuesday he would no longer cooperate with a British inquiry into the former KGB agent's radiation poisoning in London.Full story
The remains of the legendary Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have been exhumed. Specimens will be taken to a lab to test for polonium, the same poison used to assassinate spy-turned-dissident Alexander Litvinenko.
Polonium first hit the headlines when it was used to kill KGB agent-turned-Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006. Full story
Marina Litvinenko leaves a hearing into the death of her husband, Alexander Litvinenko, in London September 20, 2012. REUTERS/Neil Hall
Marina Litvinenko, the wife of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who was murdered in London in 2006, speaks to members of the media outside the High Court in London March 14, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
Marina Litvinenko, the wife of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who was murdered in London in 2006, leaves the High Court in London March 14, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
